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I I WESTERN DEMOCRAT. CHARLOTTE TiH sda) Morning, April 29, 1856 OUR CANDIDATE AND OUR PLAT FORM. Tli- Cjuaratiua I I 1 hen on the MA intent, (aayfl Ike Raleigh Standard.) was the largest political C rftfcwi ever bell hi the State. It was fUwlj harmonious. Tha V4 et eaaM together, deliberated, uud f paeateJ with lnt mio feeling that .t.t' 1 viii t Hm great principles ef the j.iiitv. State awl national, and a deterinin atiea t carry tin- Governor, the Legieie Care, ami the candidate for President over all nppotiitioai hy commanding mujorith s. In aaaiiaetMH, Gov. Bkaoo for re-election, und in UlOClleieiillJI, U its first choice f.r President and Vice 1'resident, Fkank j.in I'iKKt k and James C. Do mot, the Convention bat 0ave utterance to the voice f the Democrat- and anti-Know Nothings rf the entire State, expressed in their pri- ary assemblies. Two years ngo, there was a spontaneous and BMieral call of the I)emo raey upon Thoina- Bragg to take the field as a candi date for Governor. He yielded to the ariaVes of his party, canvassed the State thoroughly, and wan triumphantly elected. So patriotically, so justly, and so ahly has lie home himself as (Governor that not a word of censure has beea beard against him. lie Jaw beea tjuc to his pledges, true to tlie all the great interests of the State. As he, in his eloquent speech before the late Convention, accepted the nomina tion, lie lifted his right hand and called heaven to witness that he had been true to hjs obligations, and had endeavored to ad minister the government in purity and for the good of the whole State; every one felt that the heart spoke in those words; and that, though elected as n party man, that Consideration had not swerved him a hair's breadth from what he regarded as his duty towards the people of North Carolina. The applause that greeted this declaration was but the prelude to the enthusiastic approv al which awaits him at the hands of the people every where in the State. And yet saeh a man such a Chief Magistrate is op posed hy pnrty arrangements and a "irty candidate ; he is to bo told that he has done well, but that party requires his defeat that party which is opposed to Equal Suf frage, which is at least double-tongued on the basis, which profess to stand in mortal fear of Catholics, and yet admits them into its Convention, which submitted at Phila delphia to the striking out of the twelfth section, and now dares to denounce to a slaveholding people the repeal of the odious Missouri restriction. Such in brief is the character of Gov. Rrsigg, and such the na ture of the opposition which ho has to en counter. We have no fears as to the result. hnr reliance is upon (ruth and the people. These have never yet failed the Democra cy in their contests with their opponents, and they never will. We point with a just pride to the princi ples of the Democratic pnrty, proclaimed by the late Convention. They are plain, ch-Hr. and cover the whole ground. They lire sabetantially the same as those announc ed two years ago some of the Resolutions being the same, word for word. The De mocrat, unlike their opponents, are not under the necessity of making a new plat form every six months. They never change their principles. We cannot better conclude this article than hy extracting the following from our cotemporary of the Wilmington Journal. With our cotemporary we say "it us now go to work" and see how great a.majority we can give Gov. Bragg. Let us also see to the Legislature, and determine to carry that also. Let us, in a word, do our whole July, and the State is safe : "Rut, leaving mere details out of the question, certain facts stand eat broad and instinct. The Convention was the largest ever held in the State. The number of del egates actually present, which is, after all, the real point, was 2LH). So much for num ber, lu uimnhnity, rj think it surpassed any previous gathering. Thomas Bragg was the personal choice or very man pres ent for governor the enthusiastic choice, and after meeting him and hearing him speak, as he did when introduced to the Convention, all surprise at this enthusiasm was at an end. He is a man, and the man, every inch of him, and nobody dreams, for nu instant, that he will fail to be elected hy n majority exceeding the Inrgest obtained by Gov. Betd. I'pon this point, there was but one voice undone expression; the more enthusiastic claim some fifteen to twenty thousand ten thousand, perhaps, would he nearer, but let us work and see how much we can give him. Another point upon which there was found to exist perfect unanimity, was in regard to the recommendation of Franklin Pierce and James C. Dobbin. On this point the Convention was, and the Demo cracy of the State is, a unit. Rut, while this is so, the deepest respect is felt and expressed for very many other able and worthy members of the party throughout the country, and the fullest determination shown to go for the nominees of the Cincin nati Convention, provided they be good Democrats, and on this head there exists a perfect assurance that none other will be presented. !. fn .i .... , ...... ..e, o. democracy, me par- t can S(V other organized party that can ty is a unit. e have never known a more , 1 healthy feeling to prevail, and there is an aggression; us a lover of earnestness, a disposition to work, which it Rbetty, I know of no other party that is required the attacks of the Know Nothing likelv to preserve and to extend our -dorious order to bring out. There is no lukewarm- free "institutions. In addition to the fore- anas anywhere, and there is a confidence in , , , anctBMnj and a fixed will to attain it. that 8ta 1 ,mve " l''011 r for support nothing cuu resist. We shall carry the Democrats. They stood by the Ft ate with a rush, if we osly Iteep up as we rights of foreign-born men when former u..e siurteii it we are ,.u v true to our. helves - 4 - The ball is in motion. Let it be kept rolling. Let the pxd of the cause be the only motto the only motive of action. Let all merely personal matters all merely am soaal likes and djsJikes, be throwu aside all little or big cliquws pass unnoticedas unworthy to disturb for MM moment the harmony of the great Democratic partv. Dur first business is to defeat the common opponent. That Jone. we may think of ourselves, but net heore. Lot our only rivalries, our only contests with each other ! be to see who shall render the besf and most I rheieut service to the Democratic cause. Its sucresa will be the best reward of all i fkv frfil as ire 4o about ftp natter, j ANOTHER POWERFUL RECRUIT TO DEMOCRACY. In the contest of 1632, James M. David son, Esq., an Irishman, a gentleman of bril liant talents, was a Whig Elector in Ten nessee, lie has recently been challenged to a discussion of the Know Nothing issues by the Rev. J. L. Chapman, another Irish man, and also another supporter of Gen. Scott in 1852. Mr. Davidson's reply, ac cepting the challenge at the proper time, should be read and studied by every old line Whig in the land. We regret that we have but .-pace for the conclusion of bis elo quent and conclusive letter: 'Any man who represents Know Noth ingisin, whether he be native or foreign born, be he National American or Rlack Republican, a member of a secret council or an aider and abetter of the cause, can have a fair division of whatever time I have to dispose of. I shall be perfectly willing for any one of them, day after day, for three months, to demonstrate to the people of Tennessee, by me as an example, that it takes at least twenty-one years' residence to qualify an Irishman for citizenship in the United States. They must allow me, how ever, on say side, so show, if I can, by them and their principles, that there are some men whom no soil or climate, no length of years or training, could make acquainted with the genius and spirit of our free insti tutions. If Mr. Chapman and myself are to have ' a discussion, let him define the basis on which he wishes to found it. He says, "on the American platform;" but having in my possession about twenty-five platforms that professes to be "American," adapted to every mcredian and to every parallel, and each one claiming to be better than the others, and perfect of its kind, I am unable to "locate" my respected Irish friend, lie must also specify the planks he wishes to discuss; for, surely, he cannot expect me to debate the truism that appear in the so called "American" platforms. The public would hardly thank Mr. Chapman and my self for discussing "the being and overruling providence of God;" whether we should have an "attachment to country ;" whether "the Union ought to be preserved;" whether "the constitution and the laws should be reverentially obeyed;" whether "corruption in politics is a gn at evil;" whether "dis gust for the wild hunt after office is a great virtue;" whether "education is a great blessing;" or whether "the United State s ought to deal justly with all nations." I would have to be a real know-nothing to deny such things; and I therefore ask, most respectfully, to be allowed to decline the discussion of them. I also beg leave to decline a controversy about the respective merits of tin- Protestant and Catholic faiths. As a Protestant I cannot allow myself to be placed in such a position, but leave it for those to whom it appropriately belongs. In a word, let Mr. Chapman state what he considers the distinctive characteristics of "Americanism" in the form of plain propo sitions, and let him give them a "question able shape." I wish to see his declaration before I can plcud to it both are necessary to a proper issue. There are some references to myself in Mr. Chapman's communication which de mand notice. He says that I am "a pupil of the far famed Chalmers," if he is not mistaken. 1 have been a pupil of Chal mers; however unworthy of that great teacher. I caught none of his inspiration, and remember but a small part of what he taught. I le appears to me, however, through the vale of years, as the founder of the Free Church of Scotland, and the advocate of Catholic emancipation more glorified and ennobled by his advocacy of each than by his sublime disquisitions on the mechanism of the starry heavens. lie was the author of the maxims that "Catholic disabilities are a dead weight on the holy cause of Pro testantism :" that "statutory enactments for the protection of truth become formida ble auxiliaries for falsehood," and that "the spirit and word of God are the only Heaven sanctioned instruments for the propagation of the Christian faith. I must cease to re member Chalmers ere I can fear the Pope; 1 must forget the banner of the covenant ere I dread the banner of the cross. I must lose faith in the religion of my fathers "the holy cause of Protestantism" ere I deem it necessary to defend it by legislating against Popery. Mr. Chapman says he has "learned that I have espoused the anti-American cause." If by this is meant that I am in favor of any interests antagonistic to the prosperity and perpetuity of the United States, then Mr. Chapman's information is untrue. I yield to no man, foreign-bora or native, in my good wishes for this country, its institutions, and its people. Again : the term anti-American is sometimes applied to designate the Democratic pnrty. I am not a Democrat in the strict sense of that word; I profess to bo a Whig an old line Whig a Clay Whig. I am one of those Whigs that did not follow their file leaders to offer sacrifice at secret altars. I am one of the "teu thousand w ho have not yet bowed the knee to Raal." I acted with the Democrats in the last canvass, and I expect to do so in tl nnnroachiii" one As a Southern man, j 11 ,v:... .i. i oeserteit us. ".Mav mv rip-lit li.-m.l . o forget its cunning may my tongue cleave unto tin- roof of my mouth," ere I forgot the arms thnt shattered the foreigners in the deys of their persecution! Rut if by the "anti-American cause" is meant, simply, opposition to Know-N..th-ingiriu, they is Mr. Chapman's inrmation true I am, head and heart. auti-Aiaeri. an. I have opposed all manifestations of t in the past; I oppose all shades and varieties of it now extant : and I shall continue to oppose it in all new phases that it may as- . . v mi.' ui st . i, v. sume by way of adapting itself to the exi gencjes of t ha times. In every shape, form fashion and color that I have yet seen it, I consider it repugnant to the character of true Americanism the Americanism of the founders of this government. I have seen it once when it had assumed "the livery of Heaven," and even then it was not attrac tive. Yours, respectfully, J. M. DAVIDSON. Fayetteville, Tena., March 31, 1855. DEMOCRATIC MEETING IN LIN COLN. According to previous notice, a large number of the citizens of Lincoln county, assembled in the Court House, when, on motion of Henry Cansler, Esq., Ambrose Costncr was called to the Chair, and R. J. Clark requested to act as Secretary. On motion, a committee of five were ap pointed to report resolutions for the meet ing. During the retirement of the commt tee, Henry Cansler, Esq., addressed the meeting in his usual animated and impres sive style. The Committee reported, through Mr. D. .Schenck, Jr., the following resolution : Resolved, That we have an abiding con fidence in the great principles of the Dem ocratic party as they have been developed and acted upon b- the administrations of Jefferson, Jackson and Polk, and as they arc now brilliantly exemplified in the able and eminently constitutional administration of Franklin Pierce. Resolved, That tho late annual message and the special message on Kansas affairs of the President of the United States are State documents, deserving the highest commendation from every true lover of con stitutional liberty, and especially demand ing from every Southern patriot the most profound admiration; that in these acts of his as well as in his whole administration he has given indubitable proof that he knows "no North, no South, no East, no West," but that he is the faithful Chief Magistrate of our common country, and that he is our first choice for the next Pre sidency of these United States. Resolved, That the able administration of His E xcellency, Thomas Rragg, Govern or of North Carolina, has still more endear ed him to tho people of tho State, and as an evidence of our confidence in him we declare him to be our first choice to fill the high position which he now occupies, for the next term of two years. Resolved, The we are opposed to and will use our utmost exertions to oppose and put down the anti-rojuiblican dogmas of Hie late Know Nothing party ; that its pro scriptive and intolerant tendencies are con trary to the genius of a Democratic form of government and only lit to be exercised by tyrants and fanatics, and that its secret mummeries are insulting to an intelligent people. Ri solved, That we are still ardently in favor of the Democratic doctrine of Free Suffrage, and that we will use our utmost exertions to expunge from our constitution that federal clog which forbids a freeman of North Carolina to vote in the Senate un less he owns fifty acres of land. R t solved, That we are in favor of a judi cious development of the resources of North Carolina by completing such improvements as have been already begun, aud economi cally advancing so as not to endanger the faith or credit of the State or oppress our people with high taxation. Resolved, That the Chairman of this meeting appoint five delegates irom each Captain's company to meet our friends of Gaston and Catawba, at such place as may bo named, on the 2d Saturday in May, to select a suitable candidate to represent us in the Senate of the next Legislature of our State. Resolved, That the Chairman appoint five delegates to represent this County in the State Convention, to be held at Raleigh on the Pith, and ten delegates to represent us in our District Convention, to be held at Charlotte, for the purpose of selecting two delegates to represent us in the National Convention to he held at Cincinnati, for the purpose of selecting suitable candidates to be supported by the Democracy of our country for the offices of President and Vice President of these United States. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Standard, and the Democratic papers be invited to copy. The Chairman appointed the following delegates to the Convention to select a can didate for the Senate: Cap. Ream's Company D. Williams, Thos. Williams, G. W. Hull. Peter Rest, Jos. Stanley. Capt. Roberts' Jo. Stamey, Jr., An derson Roberts, Wm. Hull, Gen. D. Seagle, Jno. Wood. Capt. llouscrs Jos. Houser, J. Hoover, Logan Lorance, Lawson Hill, Dan'l Hoke. Capt. Crawford's Henry Cansler, Win. Lander, W. M. Reinhardt, Robt. William son, Philip Plonk. Capt. ilackburn'syctxi Carpenter, A. Killian, Jas. Sumerow, Jonas Rudisill. Michael Finger. Capt. Ashbury's Sol. Rudesill, David Sumerow, Jacob Helderman, Aaron Good son, J. R. Smith. Capt. Shclton'sW. W. Monday, Isaac Lowe, II. Howard, Eli Killian, II. W.Con nor. Capt. Kincade'sH. E. Rurch, R. Lowe, Perry Cahill, D. A. Lowe, James Bryant. To RalcifchW. J. Hoke, T. T. Slade, . m. ncmnardt, JJavid Williams, G. V. Lowe, with W. W. Holden and F, 1. Wil son, alternates. To District Convention Wm. Lander, Henry Cansler, J. A. Ramsour. David Schenck. Jr., Robt. Williamson. Gen. D. Seagle. A. P. Causler, Capt. J. F. Hoke, R. E. Rurch, Thos. Roxzel. AMRROSE COSTNER, Cha'n. R. J. Clark. Sec'y. r. Pritchard, of Warren, aud Wm. Hill, Es.p.of Halifax, assistant Electors for the State, addressed a large and enthusiast ic Democratic meeting at Faucett's Hotel, in Halifax county, on Tuesday last- VW The amount of gold exported from .ustraiia, li-jj-i? J855, was abuut ftdO - 5 ooaooa I - r OA f- RES s. April 21. In the Senate it was resolved, that the Secretary of War transmit to the Senate copies of all letters addressed to him during the present year by Governor Stevens, of Washington Territory, respecting the existing difficulties with the Indians in that Territory, and also, all other correspondence relating to Indian difficulties in the Territo ries of Washington and Oregon, not here tofore communicated. Mr. Toombs, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported bach the bill to amend the naturalization laws of the United States, with the recom mendation that it do not pass. The bill, on motion by Mr. Adams, was made the order of the day for Monday, May twelfth. The bounty land bill was discussed until one o'clock, whea Mr. Clay, of Alabama, made an able speech in reply to the Freesoil views of Messrs. Seward, Sumner, Wilson, and Harlan. In the House of Representatives, the Deficiency Appropriation bill was taken up; the question being with the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union in their action relative to the Senate's amendments. Among those rejected was that appropriating $900,000 for the continuation of tho Wash ington Aqueduct yeas 59, nays 8G. With out coming to a conclusion on all of the amendments, the House adjourned. April 22. In the Senate, the bill to alter and amend the act establishing the Circuit I Court of tho United States for California, was passed. The consideration of the bounty land bill was resumed, and passed. Tin- Senate then adjourned. The House disposed of the various Senate amendments to the deficiency appropriation bill. Messrs. Washburn of Illinois, and Wade of Ohio, from the committee on com merce reported about 50 bills for river and harbor improvements. The House then adjourned. April 23. In the Senate, the consider ation of the three millions armament bill, was resumed. Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, ex pressed doubts whether this large amount could be properly expended within the present year. He thought it would be bet ter to make only a small appropriation now. Mr. Wollor argued that the whole sum ought to bo appropaiated forthwith, in or der to be used most advantacreouslv. Re foro the question wras taken the hour of one o'clock arrived, and the special order (na val board subject) was then taken up. Mr. Houston then spoke at great length, taking occasion to refer to the character of Capt. Dupout and other naval officers in terms other than complimentstry. Before Mr. Houston concluded, the Senate adjourned. In the House, the Indian appropriation bill was taken up in committee of the whole, when, M. Stanton of Ohio made a speech in vindication of the views entertained by the republican party, of which he is a promi nent member. He said that hi the ensuing Presidential contest they will inscribe on their banner the words "Freedom is na tional and slaver' sectional ; no more slave territory; no more slave States. Union for the sake of liberty, and liberty for the sake of the Union." When he concluded his remarks tho committee rose, and the House adjourned. The proceedings of the 24th and 25th embraced nothing worth' of special note. IMPORTANT FROM NICARAGUA. The steamship Charles Morgan has ar rived at New Orleans, April 22, from San Juan with dates to 16th instant. Tho steamship Orizaba, from New York, arrived at San Juan on the 10th and landed 525 passengers. The reported defeat of Schlessinger is confirmed. Fifty of his men were killed. The cause of the defeat is alleged to have been negligence on the part of Schlessinger. The remnant of his party had arrived at Rivas. They loudly cursed their cowardly colonel. Capt. Thorpe faced him with pistols on the field of battle, and threatened to shoot the coward. All was useless, however, his cowardice had created a panic. He had not taken a single precaution against surprise, though within tho heart of the enemy's country. Capt. Thorpe camo passenger in the Charles Morgan. He reports Walker in a good position, prosperous and receiving large accessions to his forces. Another battle had taken place at Arcapoka between fourteen Americans and a force of two hundred Costa Ricans. The latter were defeated with the loss of thirty killed, whilst the Americans had only two killed. NAPOLEON III. Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, the present Emperor of the French, was born on the 20th of April, 1808, at the Tuilleries. His mother was Ilortense, Queen of Holland, the wife of Napoleon's brother Louis, to whom the kingdom had been assigned. The marriage of Ilortense and Louis was most unfortunate; they did nothing but quarrel, and in Sept., 1807, they finally separated at Amsterdam, and- Ilortense re turned to her mother in Paris. There the present Emperor was born, and it is re markable that ho and the King of Rome were the only two persons of the familv of Napoleon whose births were received with i military honors and the homage of the ' people. ' There is one circumstance connected with the fate of this family which historians have not yet observed, but which is well i worth mention. Nanoleon tho Oreat ef ! aside his own best friend and counsellor, Jo.-ephine, to obtain an heir to the throne of France. Ho married a Princess of Austria, and by her had a son. That birth w as the culminating point of his power and dignity. From thence he did nothing but doceud. He died in exile his son alxn Who succeeded to his name, his fame, his power? The child of Hortensc, who was the child of Josephine ! In the person of , E.01T of ,e French c fiud o, ,he rB .qHueoume ureal oui tne ott- j spring of his discarded wife! What an lIIustra illustration of the truth of the adae, "That ll ,s man wao Propose but God who dis- I poses MR. FILLMORE AND THE POPE. Is it not strange that the nominee for the Presidency of the anti-Catholic party, should be in Rome, the very seat of Catho lic splendor and power, and the guest of the Pope? His nomination reaches him while there. His followers at home proclaiming the Pope "the Man of Sin" the head of all the abominations of the earth, and sol emnly warning the people against all Po pish influences ; and all the while Mr. Fill more himself is in Rome, received by the Pope with "more than princely honors," aud occupying in state "a seat by his side !" We find in the Petersburg Intelligencer the following extract from a letter from Rome to the New York Herald : "Of the special favor shown Mr. Fillmore by the Pope, I have spoken in a previous letter, where I stated that his holiness bes towed on him more than princely honor when he invited Mr. Fillmore to take a seat by his side. The King of Naples had an extra train in readiness to convey Mr. Fill more to the royal residence ; and wherever else Mr. Fillmore has set foot he was re ceived, not only with the honors due to the exalted station he once occupied, but with that respect for the innate dignity of the man which no official position, however high, can ensure, unless coupled with per sonal dignity and evidences of a high indi vidual character." It appears, too, that Mr. Fillmore has been "dancing attendance" on the King of Naples a Godless despot a monster of tyrant, and a disgrace to the human race. Truo, he is a King, true, he has "royal residences," and is clothed "in purple and fine linen," and "fares sumptuously every day;" yet ho is known and proclaimed by all good men in Europe as personally base and vile, and at once a monster in brutal passions and scourge of a poor, downtrod den, priest-ridden nation. R. Standard. It is a droll circumstance, that whilst tho K. N. party in tho United States are pre tending to be in actual bodily fear of the Pope, who is 3,000 miles off, their candi date for the Presidency is eating and drink ing with him, and not the least bit afraid ! ANOTHER "ANDREW JACKSON IN THE FIELD. The "Spiritualists," in imitation of the Know Nothings, have nominated an An drew Jackson davis for Vice President. The Buffalo (N- Y.) Republic states that a Convention of Spiritualists has recently assembled in tho "fifth sphere," which was composed of delegates from all parts of tho Union, without respect to former "party associations." After organization and dis cussion, the body proceeded to ballot for candidates for President and Vico Presi dent, and on the first ballot the unanimous result was as follows : For President, Judge John W. Edmonds. For Vice President, Andrew Jackson Davis. A committee was then appointed to pre pare an address to the people of the United States, and after nine hearty cheers for the ticket, the Convention adjourned sine die. The advantages of electing a Spiritualist ticket are obvious. Edmonds, if elected President, could call around him a Cabinet of the illustrious dead Jefferson, Madison, Clay, Webster, Calhoun, and scores of other eminent departed statesmen, who would keep him constantly advised as to the proper coarse to be pursued, and what is of additional advantage, would require no compensation, and not be in the way of the President's re-election. BRITISH MINISTER. There seems no longer any doubt that the British minister, Crampton, will be im mediately dismissed, in oase he is not re called by his government. All the vaporing and big words of the Great Thunderer at London, will not in the slightest degree affect this determination. Nor will any war grow out of it, unless Great Britain is resolved to make that a cause of war which she herself has never so recognised. The dismissal of Sir Henry Bulwer by the Spanish government, and of Monsieur Pouisson, the ambassador of France,, by the administration of Gen. Taylor, did not interrupt the peaceful relations of their respective countries. If however, as is possible, the British government is seeking cause of offence, the dismissal of Crampton may lead the way to such an irritation of the public mind of both countries, that nothing but a spark will be required to pro duce an explosion. " S A ' GOLD MINES IN NICARAGUA El Nicaraguense of the 22d ult., states that the party of miners who had visited Rio Rola on a prospecting tour, report most favorably. In three days they took out gold to the value of $500. Much of the gold is coarse, and several lumps have been taken out weighing about a half ounce each. The party are in Itigh spirits with the prospects. The average yield during the time they have been at work has exceed ed ten dollars a day to the man. It is also stated that Maj. Heiss, well known to the mining community of the United States, as the partner of Commodore Stockton in the famous Whitehall gold mines of Virgin ia, has made an assay of red dirt obtained rom tic Colonization department, and is satitific' rom tlie extraordinary richness of tne same that the above statement of the succcss of the mined m Chontales is not exagf?erate1- This dirt was brought over from Chontales by Judge Campbell, and was takon out near the head waters of the Rio Mico. DEMOCRACY IN CALIFORNIA. It is refreshing almost surprising to find such a resolution as the following adoDt- ed by the Democratic Convention of Cali fornia, at their recent sereion : Resolved, That the election of N. P. Banks, as Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives in Congress, is dangerous to the peace and harmony of the people of the KdSS Because ttie known and avowed opinions of that gentleman on the slavery question, if tarriea 1,110 em.ct oy the election of a Cresi- dent and majority" of the two Houses of Congress entertaining similar opinions on the question, would dissolve the Union. OFFICTAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT FIERCE. The President of the United States, and Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Dobbin, made an official visit to the Naval Academy, and the new war steamer Merrimac, at Annapo lis, on Saturday, in accordance with previ ous announcement. They were welcomed most cordially by a committee appointed for that purpose, and received the citizens generally in the Senate Chamber in the ev ening. The President and Secretary of the Navy, and most of the members of Congress retired to Washington Saturday afternoon, in the 4 o'clock train. STARTLING MESMERIC EFFECTS. The Johnson (Mich. ) Citizen, of last week, says : Dr. Samuel P. Hart, of this town, was tried in the Circuit Court, Judge Johnson, for committing an outrage on the person of Miss Carolina Church. He was convicted aud sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the State Prison. It appears from the evidence that Miss Church was being mag netized by the defendant, for a paralysis of one limb and an arm. The .evidence though circumstantial, was conclusive of the Doctor's guilt. Two gentlemen who have been in the habit of magnetizing persons, testified that a person could be magnetized so as to be unconscious. Tho trial lasted two days. Paper Manufacture in Lee, Mass. There are 20 paper mills in Lcc, Mass., with 75 engines. 1,100,000 pounds of rags are used annually, giving employment to 1,000 operatives. From this amount of rags aro manufactured 780,000 reams of paper, worth $1 ,300,000. Besides this there is an extensive stationery establishment in which 100,000 reams aro manufactured. Kansas Investigating Committee. Messrs. Howard and Sherman of the Con gressional Committee to investigate the Kansas difficulty, reached Fort Leaven worth on tho 14th instant. Mr. Oliver o: Missouri, had not arrived. Destructive Fire at West Point, G a. A very destructive fire occurred at West Point, Georgia, on last Friday night. Mr. Bedell's hotel and three other buildings were destroyed. Loss $15,000 or $20,000. There was insurance of $5,000 on hotel and $3,000 on furniture. A Big Fall. Quite an exciting scene occurred at the Circus, in Philadelphia, on the 17th instant, in consequence of one of tho performing elephants falling from a platform some fifteen feet in height. The elephant had ascended to the top of the pedestal, and was in the act of elevating its hind legs in the air when it lost its balanco and fell to the ground. It was somewhat stunned, but recovered sufficiently to go through tho performances on the following evening. m The Gold Field. The prospect of a profitable yield of Gold in tho supposed mines of Chester is said to be rather dubious. We havo been informed that Mr. Forsyth has quit work and discharged his hands, and that Mr. MoWUlmms is thinking of stopping operations on his premises. Wo are very sorry to hear that this is the case, but it only shows the. necessity of great caution in giving heed to strolling professed miners. Chester (S. C.J Standard. Sale of the Largest Cow in the United States. The great Durham mixed cow, for several years owned by William Shepherd, of the Manchester House, in this city, was sold yesterday to Francis F. Hoyt, of Concord, (N. H.) for $500. This cow was raised in Pembroke, and is 7 years old. She girts 9 feet, and weighs 2.7G0 pounds, being the largest cow in tho United States. Manchester American. Murder. The Union (Monroe county, Virginia,) Mirror says that on Saturday last, a man named Joseph Shifflet went to the house of a farmer named James Gregory, and abused his mother. Gregory, on coming home and hearing the fact, seized his gun and, meeting Shifflet in the road, shot him dead. He then made his escape. Ruling Passion. Alanson Douglas, a miser of Troy, New York, died last week, worth $1,000,000 after bequeathing $140, 000 to each of his children, and making a handsome bequest to three Episcopal chur ches in Troy. Mr. Douglas reminded his family that he had a verbal agreement with his milk man, which was to continue as Ion" as they took milk from him, that for every dollars worth of tickets one was to be thrown in! The Snow. On Monday last, snow fell in the Blue Ridge mountains to the depth of ten inches, and was in some places badly drifted. Richmond (Va.) Enepiircr. Theatricals in the "Far West." Western theatricals are of rather a unique character. Wo clip from an Iowa paper the following notice of tho 'opening of the Red Barn :" "First night of the dancing goat, who goes through the intricacies of the cotillion like a fellow critter. The performance of the goat will be followed by an exhibition of the mathematical attainments of the dog Billy, a quadruped that reckons up figures like a piece of chalk, and works problems in algebra with one leg tied behind him. Admission, one shilling. No corn taken at the door. P- 8. The free list entirely excluded, except the press and ministers of the gos pel." b Easy Way of Making Money Tho Misses Fox have realized a fortune by snapping the joints of their toes, which the gullible public mistook for spiritual rap pings. Calling Names. The London Times calls Gen. Cass "a very intemperate and foul-mouthed old fellow." The Alexandria Gazette thinks that the London Times is "a very intemperate and foul-mouthed" journal. t Fish. The present, we believe, has been a very successful fishing season. Last week fresh herrings were selling at the wharf, in Alexandria, Va., for one dollar aud fifty cents per thousand. One Week Later from Eur0pe Advance in, Cotton Decline in Breads! tr The Pacific yet Unheard ofpee Congress still Sitting Reduction of e French Army Arrival of Mr. Buchanan The steamer Arabia has arrived, it Liverpool dates of the 12th inst. Cotto during the week had been firm, and the sales up to Friday evening, the 11th inst had amounted to 70,000-hales, 6?d. forF' Orleans, 6 1-lGd. for Middling, Gjd. for Fair Upland, and 6d. for Middling. qq Saturday, the 12th, the Persia's adviCe8 came to hand, which, being highly favora ble, caused an active demand, with gaies during the day of over 20,000 bales, at 1 l-16d. advance. Wheat had declined 2d Flour Is., and Corn 2s. Canal Flour 2o to 31 s., Ohio 35s. White Corn 28 to 3os., Mixed 28 to 28s. 6d. The bullion in th0 Bank of England had decreased 430,0(xi At Havre the Cotton sales of the week bad reached 45,000 bales ; imports G5,(KH) bales stock on hand 118,000 bales. Spain refuses to redress the grievance of firing into the steamer El Dorado. Tho two steamers sent in search of the Pacific had returned to Galway, after nine days un successful cruise. The sessions of the Peace Congress continue. Austria, sup ported by Russia, had made somo difficul ty about the evacuation of the Principali ties, under the pretext of maintaining order until a regular government was established, but at tho last accounts her troops wero leaving the territories. Tho French army was about to be reduced to 400,000 men. Russia has repealed the prohibition of the export of produce. The grain markets wero falling, in tho expectation of lnrge receipts from tho Black Sea ports. Tho blockade of oil the central ports has been raised. Austria has agreed to evacuate the princi palities. Turkey shows great anxiety to bo relieved of tho presence of tho Allies. Xa- i .1 a 41. . ' i i -joleon woum snortiy visu Nigeria, i no fiestion of the Sound Dues makes no pro gress. The action of the United State Government will probubly bo awaited. Russia, it is now said, will devote her ener gies to an alliance with France for the com pletion of her railways and the difliusion of a Russian feeling on the continent. ARRIVAL OF THE ARAGO. The steamer Arngo has arrived, but tho Arabia has anticipated her advices. Mr. Buchunun camo passenger in the Arngo, and was received at New York as the guct of tho city, with every demonstration of respect. Ho was escorted to the Everett house, and received his friends at the city hall, the following day. He declined a public dinner, and left for Philadelphia on Friday. 3 DOORS SOUTH OF THE MANSION BOU8C, Charlotte. S. M. HOWELL HAVING made more extensive prepmitioM tor the Manufacture of SADDLES and HARNESS, He would respectfully inform the eitistfQi tt North Carolina, that he is now prepared to t'ur ranush SADDLES AND HARVE8S of a superior quality, of his own miiniifnctiin , at the Very Lowest Possible Prices. Wanting Saclcllos By leaving their orders, can he fuTBisbed as low as they can procure the same at the North. S. M. HOWELL. April l.r, 1856 tf Office N. C. R. R. Company, Salisbury-, April 10, 1850. North Carolina Itail-Roari. 4fMMMMM fclrJ 1 1 Schedule for Mail Train, On and after Mondav, the 2lt day of April, WEST. Leave Goldshoro', at fl 4(1 A. M. Arrive at Raleigh, at 9 21 " ' HiBsboro', at 11 : " " Graham 1 :tl P. If. " Greenshoro', g 57 " " Jamestown, 3 40 " ' Lexington, .". 10 14 " Kali.sl.iiry, c, 00 " " Concord 7 27 " " Charlotte, tt 40 " EAST. Leave Charlotte, at 5 45 A. M. Arrive at Concord, at (J ":t " " Salishury, tt M " " Lexington, y to " " Jamestown, 0 41 " " Greensboro', 11 15 " " Graham, ... . . . . 12 40 P. M. " Hillshoro', 2 10 " " Kaleiph, - - - - 4 28 " " Goldsboro',- 7 20 " ryThe newspapers at Goldshoro', Raleigh, Ilillsboro', Greenshoro', Lexington, BaBabarfi Concord, and Charlotte, will insert the abo once a week for Ifanee weeks, and forward account with a copy of the paper to this oftice. THEODORE 8. GARNETT, Engineer & Sup't N. C. Rail-Koad. April 22..lt) Leather! Leather! Leather! SIDES SOLE LEATHER, 20 dozen fine Northern Kip Skins, 10 dozen do. Calf .Skins, 12 dozen fine French do. 0 dozen do. Southern Kip Skin.", 50 dozen Lining Skins, 2 dozen Sides good Lace Leather, 2 dozen good Leather Collars, 1,000 pounds Southern Upper Leather, 500 pounds do. Harness Leather. All of which will be sold low, for cash, hv J. B. F. BOOXE Charlotte, March 25, 1850. tt Twenty Dollars Reward. THE Smoke-Hous; of Nicholas Tredjai dee'd, having been broken open, on Friday night, the 1 1th instant, and robbed of a quantity of Bacon, the above reward will be paid to ' -J person who will discover the robber.and produc evidence that will lead to his collection. Arthur Grier Mattlwui B. Wallace, John Walker, John JSUtek, Richard Tredinick, Edward Hatters, S. Watson, Wm. Tiddy. Mecklenburg County, April 22, 155. Harness
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